Brussels metropolitan area | |
Native Name: | Région métropolitaine de Bruxelles |
Settlement Type: | Metropolitan area |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Belgium |
Subdivision Type2: | Largest city |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Metro: | 2784967 |
Area Metro Km2: | 3377 |
Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type2: | GDP |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [2] |
Demographics2 Title1: | Metro |
Demographics2 Info1: | €200.457 billion (2021) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
The Brussels metropolitan area (known in French as: Région métropolitaine de Bruxelles) is the metropolitan area of Brussels. The metropolitan area covers three regions with an area of 3,377 km2
The largest cities or towns within the metropolitan area are Brussels, Leuven and Vilvoorde.
Area (km2) | Population | GDP[3] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
162 | 1,235,192 | €96.513 billion | ||
2,118 | 1,146,175 | €63.623 billion | ||
1,097 | 403,599 | €24.912 billion | ||
Brussels metropolitan area | 3,377 | 2,784,966 | €185.048 billion | |
In 2021 Brussels' gross metropolitan product was €163.3 billion. This puts Brussels in 8th place among cities in European Union.[4]